Jeroen Vermeulen

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The talk got me interested to give Symfony2 a try for the next web application I have io build from scratch (which does not happen very often). Till now I used Zend Framework.
Indeed it was kind of a bunch of tips and tricks, but quite a number of them are useful. Maybe it would help if you sort them based on required skill level. The dependency injection was quite a heavy subject to start with if you never did a Symfony2 application. Start with the tips about finding documentation, then installing using Composer, then heavier subjects an do's and dont's.
Thanks for the talk, it was really worth the time.

Thanks Jeroen for the talk.
It is very interesting to hear a core developer of a successful site like AutoTrack give some insight about how you pulled it off.
Maybe it would be nice to start with a little introduction about what Solr is, and which problem it solves.
And I don't really get your title, it's not a headline that sells the talk.
The practical examples were really nice. I think you need to find a way to increase the font size if the PHP code, this will not work in a bigger room. The font of the resulting queries is about the right size I think.
I would really be interested in a Workshop on setting up Solr and running the first queries, for example during the Dutch PHP Conference. You can take some shortcuts by supplying a simple schema and a data JSON file.

Thank you. Learned a lot today.
Most attenders are non-native English speakers.
Please talk slower and pronounce clearer.
Also maybe put some more effort in having your final setup script + challanges tested by someone.

Learned a lot.
You prepared it very well, but during the talk you could make a little better use of:
- Give an asignment
- Let the attenders try to solve the challenge
- Show the solution
Because when you show the solution too early people tend to just type over the solution.